StarWars

1. StarWars lead man Luke Skywalker was played by actor Mark Hamil, but director George Lucas had originally wanted Dad's Army star Arthur Lowe to play the part. 

2. StarWars was based on the 1958 Japanese movie 'The Hidden Fortress'. But that movie was based actually based on Disney's direct to VHS hit 'Earnest Saves Christmas'.

3. StarWars is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time. If George Lucas made a dollar for every movie ticket sold, he would be so rich you would want to kick a mouse in the face. Well he did, he is and you do.

4. In the 1999 public census enough people listed their religion as Jedi to legally make it an actual religion. This infuriated the Catholic Church so much that then Pope, John Paul 2.0, forced Harrison Ford to convert to Catholicism by making him watch his friends die then making him fight his dad.

5. In 2008 a petition in Sweden to remove the StarWars prequels from history was signed by 24,000,000 people.

6. The really good sequels and really shit prequels were never meant to be made. The original 'New Hope' was meant to be a stand alone satire of Mel Brook's 'Spaceballs'.

7. Bounty Hunter 'Boba Fett' was played by none other than Eastenders favorite Adam Woodyat. 

8. Alec Guinness was one of the great method actors of his generation and spent 25 years training as a Jedi in the Degaba System as preparation for the role.

9. StarWars is not only remembered by its legions of fans for it's visual attributes, it's sound effects are just as revered. What makes them even more impressive is that they were all recoded on the fly by Police Academy's Michael Winslow. 

10. George Lucas received a huge back lash from irate StarWars fans when in 1998 he released the special editions of the movies. The outrage was caused as many elements of the movie had been radically changed to suit younger movie goers. For example in the special edition version the Death Star is digitally replaced by The Ninky Nonk from cbeebies cult classic 'In The Night Garden'. (Google it)